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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
PhotoVerio #780: Static
Campus Residence ... After Requirement Of Presidential Portrait
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A college campus residence
—for students—
after #47 mandates
his Presidential portrait
appears in every room
is called a
DOOMITORY
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© Oliverio ©
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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
All I Want To Do ...
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All I want to do
is climb this tree
to escape
the Great American
insanity
I think about it
all day and night:
a simple desire
in
black + white
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The Photography of NEIL HOOS ... Page 2
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| NEIL HOOS |
The Photography of NEIL HOOS ... Page 1
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| NEIL HOOS |
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Sunday, November 10, 2024
4-Word Cliche Updated + Dedicated It To ... Mr. T
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LET BYGONES
BE BYGONES
and
Let eye gone be
the new blindness
and
Let I gone crazy
be the new sanity
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Saturday, November 9, 2024
A Third Posting Of A Song Written By ... JACK McCARTHY
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Since this song
has now been heard
in at least ten
different countries,
[formally introduced in three]
Jack's former
7th grade classmate
will post it for the third time
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| THE STORM IS COMING |
The Importance Of Being DONALD ... In His Own Words
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I was the 45th President
and am presently
the 47th President
NONE
of my predecessors
would ever be mistaken
for an altar boy
NONE
of my predecessors
had any fewer
tricks up their sleeve
than I have
Sooner or later,
one of us
had to be caught
with his hands in
too many cookie jars
One of us
had to become
a convicted felon
while the rest of us
were nothing but lucky
Let it be me
a/k/a
"Mr. Unlucky"
***
American politicians
without felonious behavior
in their past or present
are guaranteed
to be failures
as
public servants
because they will not know
which laws to avoid
***
Mr. T
[of the 21st Century]
© OLIVERIO ©
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Slightly Corrupted Sonnet Written By ... Mrs. CarPeo
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Coddle the criminal
and give a free pass
guarantee-ing no shoplifter
falls on his/her ass
If jailbirds want
a sex change,
it's on our dime
making soft tissue
of hard time
The last thing
we ought to do
is give everyone in jail
a free
Kamala tattoo
***
© Mrs. CarPeo ©
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Friday, November 8, 2024
ROBIN GREEN ... I Love You ... Page 4
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This page
is an open letter
to Robin Green
It was inspired by HER
witnessing the most famous
magazine cover photo
of Rolling Stone
ever taken:
were photographed
in full-frontal nudity
AND
the singular word
most associated
with that couple is
IMAGINE
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Dear Robin
Imagine
you and your husband,
Mitchell Burgess,
received this
Oliverio-copyrighted
material
desperately in need
of expansion:
The Premier Geezer
Folk Music Festival
at Magic Mountain
is highlighted by
an updated version of
Puff The Magic Dragon
by a trio entitled
Eric, Lyle, and Merry
The triple-width
wheel-chaired act
consisted of two
and a woman
with a six-octave range
Merry's claim to fame is
her soaring voice
was featured on
The Rolling Stones'
in 1969
Some of the lyrics
are reprinted below:
Puff, the magic dragon
is a blunt thing
we know all about.
Justice for killing parents
has finally burnt out.
© OLIVERIO ©
***
But I will waive
all copyright considerations
if Robin Green
+
Mitch Burgess
make the whole damn thing
into a workable script
Sincerely,
Paul Oliverio
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Mr. T ... Has Only One Major Flaw
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has determined
that an unwritten clause
in the
United States Constitution
mandates
that every President
lies exactly 37 percent
of the time
The remaining 63 percent
of the time,
they are obligated to do
all of the following:
1
Disappear from public view
2
3
as often as possible
4
for world leaders
but always sit within reach
of three barf bags
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In his first Presidential term,
Mr. T
did all of these things
but
the his only major flaw
is having DRS
[Digital Reversal Syndrome]
Instead of lying 37%
of the time,
he is lying 73%
of the time
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27% of the time,
he speaks the Pure Truth
either by explicitly stating
how much he loves himself
OR
implicitly stating
how much he loves
your credit cards
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If ever there was
a US President
or
a World Leader
without a major flaw,
he or she
bypassed our solar system
***
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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I Salute You Mr. T ... You Will Make America Grate Again
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I begin with an apology
for the creatively-spelt word
in the title
BUT
I sincerely wish
unlimited success to
the 47th Person
to live in
the White House
AND
thank him
for granting me
the Executive Privilege
to address him as
Mr. T
That privilege
entitles me to
provide the only
hyperlink
on this page
to a 4-time
Superbowl Champion
The only negative thing
about this
Pittsburgh Steeler icon
is his attempt to teach
Terry Bradshaw
English grammar
The name of this
1989 inductee to
the NFL Hall of Fame
is
MEL BLOUNT
🏈 🏈 🏈 🏈
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| He wore #47 |
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
ROBIN GREEN ... I Love You ... Page 3.5
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In no way
have I forgotten you
—Robin Dearest—
The 4th page
of this tribute
to you
has encountered some delays
It's about
two very handsome
young men
who were jailed
—without parole—
35 years ago
They were convicted
of killing both parents
HOWEVER,
it has since been discovered
that their father
spanked both of them
when the brothers
refused to eat their
and demanded cheeseburgers
from McDonalds
The only person
to witness the spanking
was their mother
who put them to bed
immediately
denying
her 7 and 10 year-old
offspring
any ice cream
This spanking occurred
exactly once
and no other
evidence
of child abuse
of Erik and Lyle
has ever
been documented
***
Sincerely,
💜 Paul Oliverio 💜
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As A Result Of Yesterday's Presidential Election ... Thank You #47
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In the United States,
is a great time
to not be poor
And if poverty
is miles behind
your rear view mirror,
it is even better
BUT
if you are now poor
in the United States,
the new President
offers you
his initials
and wishes you a
swell time with the
or their
non-alcoholic
cousins
***
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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As for me,
I congratulate the man
who is BOTH
President #45
+
President #47,
his way around
President Biden,
who ended our 20-year
unwinnable "War"
in
but there was
no parade
to celebrate
the accomplishment
(Criticism of his effort
more than compensated
for its absence)
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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
QUINCY JONES ... Rest In Peace
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On the previous page
I wrote about the virtues of
repeated non-stop
listening to
select pieces of music
Never before
[nor since]
did I ever do so
AND
simultaneously
create something
of tangible,
practical and aesthetic use:
I paneled the wall
framing sliding doors
to the patio
of a San Diego condominium
with "furring strips" of wood
—from floor to ceiling—
while listening to
Michael Jackson's
THRILLER
which was produced by
30 years later
[after moving to Burbank],
I revisited that condo
which my then ex-wife
had sold
to an Egyptian man
who welcomed me,
insisting I join him
for a cup of tea
NOTHING
in my former
two storey/two bedroom
home
looked the same
except for
the "furring strip" wall
leading to the patio
For this reason,
I am eternally grateful to
QUINCY JONES
and commented accordingly
on the previous page
My new Egyptian friend
—Muta Ali—
telephoned me in Burbank
the following month
inviting me to his home
so we could play tennis
on the court
right outside his door on
140 Candace Place
Vista, CA 92083
Muta beat the living bejesus
out of me in
two humiliating sets
but I can still taste
the Hibiscus tea
we drank on his patio
after the match
Dear Reader:
allow to ask
Quincy Jones
—who died yesterday—
a simple question
about his life
in the After-life:
Can you really
rest in peace
after producing
some of the greatest
dance music
human beings
have ever known
???
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Another Un-Acronymed Quote About GOD
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| JEROME DAVID SALINGER |
Earlier this week,
Oliverio re-read the quote
that nearly
knifed his teaching career
in south-Central Los Angeles
before it began
BECAUSE
he preferred being respected
to being liked
***
Other than to say
that this page
is the perfect prelude
to a Quincy Jones
tribute page,
Oliverio refers the reader
to the first comment
below
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Monday, November 4, 2024
Why We Settle For Artificial Intelligence ... (Comic Relief #6015)
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| GARY LARSON |
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Sunday, November 3, 2024
ROBIN GREEN ... I Love You ... Page 3
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Indisputably,
the most important script-writer
in Robin's life is
her husband and co-creator
of
Indisputably,
second-most is
who authored
exactly one episode of
Then
Italian-American Mr. Simon
conceived the idea
of a television series about
a Mafia boss with
a psychotherapist
Perfectly sniffing out
major talent when he sees it,
David hired
Robin and Mitchell
as scriptwriters for
It's been said that
getting along with
David Simon is akin to
gargling with sandpaper
However,
what most bonded
Robin + David
was a mutual
fiery hatred
of their mothers
Therefore,
this page is dedicated to
the actress portraying
mother of
Tony Soprano
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Sunday With Nightmare-Inducing ... DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
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Who better to quote than
the Brazilian grandmaster
of such quandries
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The boxed quote below
is from
The author
refers to a Swedish visionary
named
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| JORGE LUIS BORGES The Sylphs |
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Quoting President #3 ... Two Days Before Presidential Election
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Ignorance is preferable to error
and
one is less remote
from the truth
who believes nothing
than
one who believes
what is wrong
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ARTE MORENO With A Real Brain ... This Is What He Would Do
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If the owner
of the Analheim Angels
that embarrassing excuse
of a baseball team
had a genuine brain
and seriously intended to
put an actual, respectable
representative
of MLB
in Orange County
$
$
$
He would sign
BOTH
+
Unfortunately
—since purchasing the team—
and paying Mike Trout
a gazillion dollars
to suck his thumb
every summer
in New Jersey
[his home state]
guides the team
with his wallet
zip-locked
in his rectum
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